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The Effect of Mobile-Assisted Teaching of Collocations on Reading Ability of Iranian EFL Learners

Document Type : Research Article

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1 MA in TEFL, English Translation and Teaching Department, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

2 Associate Professor in English Translation, English Translation and Teaching Department, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Abstract

This study aimed to discover the effect of mobile-assisted teaching of collocations on Iranian EFL learners’ reading achievement. For this purpose, a PET test was given to 85 intermediate EFL learners as the proficiency test. After homogenization, 30 female and male students within the age range of 16 to 30 years old from an institute in Alborz Province were selected as the participants in the experimental group and 30 female and male students within the age range of 14 to 25 years old from another institute in Alborz province were selected as the participants in the control group, as well. A reading test was utilized as the pre-test to measure the participants’ reading achievement. The participants in the experimental group received mobile-assisted teaching of collocations through Flax Completing Collocation game while the participants in the control group received teacher instruction of the collocations existing in the game inside the classroom. To discover the effect of mobile-assisted teaching of collocations, a post-test, the same as the pre-test was given to the participants after the treatment. An independent t-test was run to compare the experimental and control groups’ means on the pre and posttest of reading achievement. The results indicated that the experimental group, after receiving mobile-assisted teaching of collocations, significantly outperformed the control group on the posttest of reading achievement. Regarding the findings of the study, the achieved results would help EFL teachers, learners, and material developers to be informed about the effect of mobile-assisted teaching of collocations on reading ability. Furthermore, this study presents some recommendations in future studies.

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Article Title [Persian]

تاثیر مساعدت تلفن همراه در تدریس کلمات هم آیند بر توانایی خواندن زبان آموزان انگلیسی

Authors [Persian]

  • مهرناز جمشیدی 1
  • دکتر زهره محمدی زنوزق 2

1 دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج

2 گروه مترجمی و آموزش زبان انگلیسی - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج

Abstract [Persian]

هدف از این تحقیق، پی بردن به تاثیر مساعدت تلفن همراه در تدریس کلمات هم آیند بر توانایی خواندن زبان آموزان انگلیسی ایرانی می باشد. برای این منظور، یک آزمون به عنوان آزمون مهارت به زبان آموز سطح متوسط داده شد. بعد از یکسان سازی، دانش آموز مونث و مذکر در محدوده سنی 14 تا 25 سال از یک آموزشگاه واقع در کرج به عنوان شرکت کنندگان در گروه آموزشی و دانش آموزان مونث و مذکر در محدوده سنی 16 تا 30 سال از آموزشگاه دیگری در کرج به عنوان شرکت کنندگان گروه کنترل انتخاب شدند. یک آزمون خواندن به عنوان پیش آزمون مورد استفاده قرار گرفت تا توانایی خواندن شرکت کنندگان را اندازه گیری کند. شرکت کنندگان در گروه آزمایشی، تدریس کلمات هم آیند با مساعدت تلفن همراه از طریق بازی را دریافت کردند در حالی که شرکت کنندگان در گروه کنترل تدریس کلمات هم آیند موجود در بازی را از طریق معلم و داخل کلاس دریافت کردند. برای پی بردن به تاثیر مساعدت تلفن همراه در تدریس کلمات هم آیند، یک پس آزمون، مشابه پیش آزمون به شرکت کنندگان داده شد. یک مستقل برای مقایسه میانگین گروههای کنترل و آزمایشی بر پیش آزمون و پس آزمون توانایی خواندن انجام شد. نتایج نشان داد که گروه آزمایشی پس از دریافت تدریس کلمات هم آیند با مساعدت تلفن همراه به طور قابل توجهی عملکرد بهتری نسبت به گروه کنترل در پس آزمون توانایی خواندن داشتند. با توجه به یافته های این مطالعه، نتایج به دست آمده به معلمان، زبان آموزان، و تدوین کنندگان مطالب درسی کمک خواهد کرد تا آگاهی بیشتری در مورد تاثیر مساعدت تلفن همراه در تدریس کلمات هم آیند بر توانایی خواندن به دست آورند. به علاوه این مطالعه چندین پیشنهاد برای مطالعات آینده ارائه میدهد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • فراگیری زبان انگلیسی به کمک تلفن همراه
  • کلمات هم آیند
  • توانایی خواندن
  • درک مطلب
  • زبان دوم
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances
Volume 8, Issue 1
April 2020
Pages 111-138
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  • Receive Date: 07 May 2020
  • Revise Date: 20 May 2020
  • Accept Date: 26 May 2020
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